tottenhan Hotspur hopes of qualifying for the champions league were dealt another blow as they were beaten 3-2 by rivals Arsenal on Sunday, leaving them seven points adrift of fourth.
james Maddison side looked on course for a total disaster at the break as they walked in 3-0 down to the Gunners, who are fighting for the title, thanks to an own goal from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and goals from Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz.
However, they battled back during the second half, with goals from Cristian Romero and Heung-min Son, to make the scoreline look somewhat respectable, albeit they failed to pick up any points from the game.
There were a number of disappointing performers for Spurs in the match, and one player who must now be brutally ditched from the starting XI is attacking midfielder James Maddison
James Maddison’s performance against Arsenal
The England international should be playing for his place in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the summer but performances like this will not do him any favours.
Football.london reporter Alasdair Gold handed him a match rating 3/10and stated that it was an ‘underwhelming’ display from the creative whiz, who ‘barely’ made any impact.
Whilst it was not solely down to his presence or lack thereof, Spur lost 3-0 during Maddison’s 64 minutes on the pitch and won 2-0 during the 26 minutes without him.
The ex-Leicester star, whose performance was described as extremely poor by journalist Josh Bunting, did not do much in the final third and struggled out of possession.
As Gold put in his scathing analysis of Maddison’s showing, the English lightweight did not contribute much in possession as he lost the ball 14 times from 55 touches, only created one chance, and did not register a single shot on target.
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